1943 in Ireland
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See also: 1942 in Ireland, other events of 1944, 1944 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- February 1 - The Central Bank of Ireland is established; it was not however not given all then powers expected of a central bank.
- February 23 - 35 children lose their lives to fire in St Joseph's Orphanage, Main Street Cavan. Verdict criticises the Poor Clare nuns.
- February 23 - S.S. Kyleclare torpedoed in North Atlantic by U-456, 18 died.
- February 24 - Thirty-five girls from an industrial school in Cavan are killed in a fire in their dormitories.
- March 17 - Éamon de Valera and his government celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a céilí in the Great Hall of Dublin Castle.
- March 17 - British military aircraft crashes at Templeport, Tullyhaw, County Cavan; pilot and navigator survive.
- May 1 - Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
- May 15 - Irish Oak (Irish Shipping) torpedoed and sunk by U-607, 700 miles west of Ireland. Crew rescued by Irish Plane 8 hours later.
- June 2 S.S. City of Bremen (Saorstat & Continental Steam Ship Company) bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay all 11 crew lost.
- October 5 - In the largest manufacturing campaign in the history of the Irish Sugar Company, 700 employees at the Carlow Sugar Beet Factory will work in three shifts without pause for 18 weeks until all the 230,000 acres (930 km²) of beet is processed.
- December 29 - M.V. Kerlogue (with a crew of 11) rescued 164 Germans from the Bay of Biscay
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Cork United
- Winners: Drumcondra 2 - 1 Cork United.
[edit] Births
- 27 January - Seán Ryan, former Labour Party (Ireland) TD, Seanad Éireann member.
- 9 February - Pat Dunne, soccer player.
- 10 April - Patrick Hughes, cricketer.
- 7 May - Donal McCann, actor (d.1999).
- 22 September - Robert Ballagh, painter and designer.
- 30 September - Ray Burke, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister convicted and jailed on charges arising from corruption in office.
[edit] Deaths
- 29 January - Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort, peer (b.1878).
- 22 February - Wentworth Allen, cricketer (b.1894).
- 20 May - P. J. Brady, Irish Nationalist Member of UK Parliament for Dublin St Stephen’s Green (b.1868).
- 19 July - Robert Alexander, cricketer (b.1910).
- 27 July - William Cummins, national teacher, member of 1922 Seanad.

